As you can attest, I replied to one of your posts many weeks ago and estimated that the actual inflation rate was really about 16% not the phony 7% or 8% they were claiming at the time.
Yes. I work in purchasing for a small manufacturing and distribution company. I have records on everything we have ever bought for the last 20 years. Before 2020 - I already estimated the rate of inflation was around 6% a year. Things over the last 18 months have been so spikey, I wouldn't even want to guess where inflation rate is now.